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Diffstat (limited to 'include/net/mac80211.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/net/mac80211.h | 19 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h index 8650e7bf2ed..025d4cc7bbf 100644 --- a/include/net/mac80211.h +++ b/include/net/mac80211.h @@ -1160,7 +1160,7 @@ enum ieee80211_hw_flags { * @napi_weight: weight used for NAPI polling. You must specify an * appropriate value here if a napi_poll operation is provided * by your driver. - + * * @max_rx_aggregation_subframes: maximum buffer size (number of * sub-frames) to be used for A-MPDU block ack receiver * aggregation. @@ -1294,7 +1294,7 @@ ieee80211_get_alt_retry_rate(const struct ieee80211_hw *hw, * acceleration (i.e. iwlwifi). Those drivers should provide update_tkip_key * handler. * The update_tkip_key() call updates the driver with the new phase 1 key. - * This happens everytime the iv16 wraps around (every 65536 packets). The + * This happens every time the iv16 wraps around (every 65536 packets). The * set_key() call will happen only once for each key (unless the AP did * rekeying), it will not include a valid phase 1 key. The valid phase 1 key is * provided by update_tkip_key only. The trigger that makes mac80211 call this @@ -1753,8 +1753,19 @@ enum ieee80211_ampdu_mlme_action { * that TX/RX_STOP can pass NULL for this parameter. * The @buf_size parameter is only valid when the action is set to * %IEEE80211_AMPDU_TX_OPERATIONAL and indicates the peer's reorder - * buffer size (number of subframes) for this session -- aggregates - * containing more subframes than this may not be transmitted to the peer. + * buffer size (number of subframes) for this session -- the driver + * may neither send aggregates containing more subframes than this + * nor send aggregates in a way that lost frames would exceed the + * buffer size. If just limiting the aggregate size, this would be + * possible with a buf_size of 8: + * - TX: 1.....7 + * - RX: 2....7 (lost frame #1) + * - TX: 8..1... + * which is invalid since #1 was now re-transmitted well past the + * buffer size of 8. Correct ways to retransmit #1 would be: + * - TX: 1 or 18 or 81 + * Even "189" would be wrong since 1 could be lost again. + * * Returns a negative error code on failure. * The callback can sleep. * |